The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 25 November 2012 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 17 March 2013 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
Calendar
Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2012–13 season.
[[2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Overall Men|Overall]]
Pos.
Points
1.
FRA Martin Fourcade
2.
NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen
3.
AUT Dominik Landertinger
4.
SLO Jakov Fak
5.
GER Andreas Birnbacher
Final standings after 26 races.
[[2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men|Individual]]
Pos.
Points
1.
FRA Martin Fourcade
2.
GER Andreas Birnbacher
3.
USA Tim Burke
4.
AUT Dominik Landertinger
5.
CZE Ondřej Moravec
Final standings after 3 races.
[[2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men|Sprint]]
Pos.
Points
1.
FRA Martin Fourcade
2.
NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen
3.
RUS Evgeny Ustyugov
4.
SLO Jakov Fak
5.
AUT Simon Eder
Final standings after 10 races.
[[2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men|Pursuit]]
Pos.
Points
1.
FRA Martin Fourcade
2.
NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen
3.
RUS Anton Shipulin
4.
SWE Fredrik Lindström
5.
RUS Dmitry Malyshko
Final standings after 8 races.
[[2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men|Mass start]]
Pos.
Points
1.
FRA Martin Fourcade
2.
NOR Emil Hegle Svendsen
3.
USA Tim Burke
4.
GER Andreas Birnbacher
5.
CZE Ondřej Moravec
Final standings after 5 races.
[[2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men|Relay]]
Pos.
Points
1.
RUS Russia
2.
NOR Norway
3.
FRA France
4.
GER Germany
5.
AUT Austria
Final standings after 6 races.
Nation
Pos.
Points
1.
RUS
2.
NOR
3.
FRA
4.
GER
5.
AUT
Final standings after 21 races.
Standings: Women
[[2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Overall Women|Overall]]
Pos.
Points
1.
NOR Tora Berger
2.
BLR Darya Domracheva
3.
GER Andrea Henkel
4.
FRA Marie Dorin Habert
5.
FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Final standings after 26 races.
[[2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women|Individual]]
Pos.
Points
1.
NOR Tora Berger
2.
GER Andrea Henkel
3.
BLR Darya Domracheva
4.
RUS Olga Zaitseva
5.
SVK Anastasiya Kuzmina
Final standings after 3 races.
[[2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women|Sprint]]
Pos.
Points
1.
NOR Tora Berger
2.
BLR Darya Domracheva
3.
GER Miriam Gössner
4.
FRA Marie Dorin Habert
5.
FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Final standings after 10 races.
[[2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women|Pursuit]]
Pos.
Points
1.
NOR Tora Berger
2.
GER Andrea Henkel
3.
FRA Marie Dorin Habert
4.
UKR Olena Pidhrushna
5.
FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Final standings after 8 races.
[[2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women|Mass start]]
Pos.
Points
1.
NOR Tora Berger
2.
BLR Darya Domracheva
3.
UKR Vita Semerenko
4.
FRA Marie Dorin Habert
5.
FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Final standings after 5 races.
[[2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women|Relay]]
Pos.
Points
1.
NOR Norway
2.
UKR Ukraine
3.
GER Germany
4.
RUS Russia
5.
FRA France
Final standings after 6 races.
Nation
Pos.
Points
1.
NOR
2.
GER
3.
RUS
4.
UKR
5.
FRA
Final standings after 21 races.
Standings: Mixed
Mixed Relay
Pos.
Points
1.
NOR Norway
2.
RUS Russia
3.
CZE Czech Republic
4.
FRA France
5.
ITA Italy
Final standings after 2 races.
Medal table
Achievements
;First World Cup career victory:
Jean-Philippe Leguellec, 27, in his 6th season — the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund; it also was his first podium and the first podium for a Canadian male biathlete
Synnøve Solemdal, 23, in her 5th season — the WC 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen; it also was her first podium
Gabriela Soukalová, 23, in her 4th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Pokljuka; it also was her first podium
Miriam Gössner, 22, in her 3rd season — the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka; first podium was 2010-11 Sprint in Östersund
Dmitry Malyshko, 25, in his 2nd season — the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2011-12 Pursuit in Kontiolahti
Olena Pidhrushna, 26, in her 7th season — the World Championships Sprint in Nové Město; first podium was 2012-13 Sprint in Östersund
Ondřej Moravec, 28, in his 9th season — the WC 7 Mass start in Holmenkollen; first podium was 2012-13 Pursuit in Pokljuka
;First World Cup podium:
Erik Lesser, 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
Ekaterina Glazyrina, 25, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
Olena Pidhrushna, 25, in her 7th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund
Nadezhda Skardino, 27, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Pokljuka
Ondřej Moravec, 28, in his 9th season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka
Veronika Vítková, 24, in her 7th season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Pursuit in Oberhof
Krystyna Pałka, 29, in her 8th season — no. 2 in the World Championships Pursuit in Nové Město
Monika Hojnisz, 21, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Mass start in Nové Město
Alexander Loginov, 21, in his 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Pursuit in Holmenkollen
Serhiy Semenov, 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Individual in Sochi
Henrik L'Abée-Lund, 26, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Sprint in Sochi
;Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses):
;Men
Martin Fourcade, 10 (24) first places
Emil Hegle Svendsen, 3 (31) first places
Tarjei Bø, 2 (8) first places
Andreas Birnbacher, 2 (6) first places
Anton Shipulin, 2 (4) first places
Jakov Fak, 2 (3) first places
Dmitry Malyshko, 2 (2) first places
Christoph Sumann, 1 (6) first place
Jean-Philippe Leguellec, 1 (1) first place
Ondřej Moravec, 1 (1) first place
;Women
Tora Berger, 11 (27) first places
Gabriela Soukalová, 4 (4) first places
Darya Domracheva, 3 (12) first places
Miriam Gössner, 3 (3) first places
Olga Zaitseva, 1 (13) first place
Anastasiya Kuzmina, 1 (4) first place
Magdalena Gwizdoń, 1 (2) first place
Synnøve Solemdal, 1 (1) first place
Olena Pidhrushna, 1 (1) first place
Retirements
Following are notable biathletes who announced their retirement:
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